Back in the tent, the other two chaperones woke up.
Seeing that Xue Yao was holding a tan colored ox horn bow in his hand, both of their eyes went straight.
Just from the color and texture of the bow, and the three emeralds inlaid in the center of the handle, one could tell that this bow was definitely worth a lot.
"Is this your master's bow? Why was it sent to you?" The companion named Zhang Ying raised his eyes to look at Xue Yao.
"It's probably because I think my archery skills are too poor, let me change to a good bow to practice." Xue Yao went back to the bunkhouse, put down the ox horn bow, and dressed up without any delay.
"The bow is for you?" The other chaperone's eyes widened.
"For you?" Zhang Ying swallowed his saliva and reached out to carefully pick up the expensive bow, slowly brushing his fingers over the three flawless emeralds, and looked up to Xue Yao: "It's really yours, I've been with the Fifth Prince for so many years, and the reward I've gotten doesn't even add up to a single string on this bow of yours."
"Brother is joking." Xue Yao fastened his belt and smiled faintly, "The Fifth Prince is so generous, do you get fewer rewards on a regular basis? It's like our Seventh Prince, he never rewards me."
The little fat cub is not very sociable, reward is not possible to reward, but is the Shi Fei two days reward Xue Yao, but this can not talk to these companion readers, so as not to cause people to red-eye.
Zhang Ying was stunned when he heard the words, thinking that the Seventh Prince really did not look like a master who would reward his retainers, he was surprised and said, "Then who sent you this bow?"
"Don't know yet, just now that big brother guard outside left in a hurry, just said it was sent by His Highness." Xue Yao replied.
The other chaperone jumped up immediately upon hearing this, "That guard said it was for you? You're not mistaken, are you?"
Zhang Ying immediately replied on behalf of Xue Yao, "Nonsense, if not for Mr. Xue, then for you? Didn't you hear Xue Yao's name being shouted several times outside the tent?"
The chaperone blushed at his words and stopped talking.
Xue Yao glanced at Zhang Ying in surprise, thinking that the sun had come out of the west, and Zhang Ying, the senior red-eyed maniac, was actually helping him out, offering him a favor for nothing.
Sure enough, the next moment Zhang Ying smiled at him with a pleasing face and said, "I've never touched such a good bow before, can you lend it to me for a day to quench my thirst?"
Xue Yao was not annoyed, smiled and said, "I'm willing to do so, it's that I still don't know which master gave me this bow, and it may not have been gifted to me, perhaps it was just lent to me, if I don't take it with me on my first day out, my master will inevitably be angry, and it wouldn't be good for me to ask about it."
You can borrow it. It's up to you to take it.
Zhang Ying thought carefully, and really did not dare to take it, obediently put the bow back, knowledge of the song smiled, "Then there will be an opportunity to borrow brother to make use of."
"Me too!" Another companion couldn't wait to get in line to borrow a bow.
*
The Fifth Prince's motivation to hunt was never the highest.
Early in the morning he was the first to come out of his tent, and the attendants immediately carried out the equipments, so that the royal son could select the weapons he was going to wear with him on this day, and the trapping paraphernalia.
The Fifth Prince looked around, wishing to bring all of them, only to blame the lack of manpower accompanying them.
The Sixth Prince followed closely out of the tent, squinting from the sunlight, casually glancing at the things carried out by the attendants, he then softly instructed, "Don't bring those two large traps, loading and unloading is laborious and also easy to cut your hands."
The little eunuch who waited by the side was touched.
Only his master can be so sympathetic to the slave girl, other emperors can't wait to accompany the attendant, one person can carry ten traps.
Shortly afterward, the second prince and the crown prince came out of their tents one after another to discuss today's hunting area with their two younger brothers.
As he walked, he went to the big tent and got ready for breakfast.
As soon as he entered, he found Chitti already seated at the table, elegantly and calmly in the process of cutting the roast lamb.
"Eat less, eating too much will make it hard to run in a while." The Sixth Prince walked over to the wooden table, picked up the small curved knife for cutting meat, and went to fork the largest piece of mutton on the Seventh Prince's plate.
"Dang!"
The Seventh Prince's quick eyes plunged his knife into the meat, the tip of the knife passing through the meat and making a crunch on the porcelain plate, successfully preventing the breakfast from being taken away from him.
"Old Seven is misbehaving again." With a stern expression, Sixth Prince demanded that Seventh Brother let go.
"Let him eat, and in a while, we will first take a walk to kehwa, and then hunt later." The Crown Prince snapped, his gaze falling on his baby brother's waning but still chubby little face, sighing, "Old Seven has been getting thinner and thinner lately."
"Yes, the chin is missing two layers." The Fifth Prince joked, "It has to be well nourished, or else don't hunt today, Big Brother has fought a lot, and dividing a few of them for Old Seven will be enough to deliver the goods."
The seventh prince was listening to the mockery, and bragged to himself on the spot unconvincingly, "Your Highness is so powerful, you don't need big brother to give it."
"How powerful?" The Third Prince walked into the tent with a hit of the door curtain, raising his chin with a proud provocative face, "Why don't Old Seven join me in a team today, so you can see Third Brother's archery skills."
As soon as the Sixth Prince saw the visitor, he habitually turned around to block the Seventh Brother behind him and spoke to the Third Prince, "We agreed to follow Fifth Brother's archery practice today."
"What?" The Third Prince walked across to the long table, bent over and supported himself on the table, staring at the Seventh Prince with a smile, "You don't want to practice with Third Brother?"
The Sixth Prince immediately bragged, "Fifth Brother's archery skills are quite good, he also has all sorts of fancy styles, and he strikes fast and accurately, like he has three heads and six arms."
The Third Prince came close to the Seventh Prince's face and laughed as if threatening, "Is there really three heads and six arms?"
"Right." The Seventh Prince stared expressionlessly into Sango's face, "Three whole heads more than you."
Third Prince: "......"
Does that mean he doesn't have a brain at all?
The few imperial princes who were originally slack-jawed couldn't help but sputter with laughter.
"You brat ......" The Third Prince was furious and raised his palm to punch his brother, but suddenly he heard a familiar and terrifying cough beside him.
Turning his head, he saw the Crown Prince's pair of danfeng eyes gazing murderously at him.
The Third Prince now remembered that he had a head, and his palm softly patted Old Seven's shoulder, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Only then did the crown prince's murderous gaze become calm, and he lowered his head to continue his meal.
The kinetic education alarm has been lifted!
The Third Prince's lifted heart fell back.
Sooner or later, I'll have to teach this little barbarian bastard a lesson, but while big brother is away.
*
Xue Yao carried a bow given to him by an unknown highness, and came to the entrance of the paddock early with a group of attendants.
At three minutes past the hour, finally waiting for the royals to enter the arena, Xue Yao rushed to find his own little fat cub.
Started deliberately fiddling with the bow in his hand, repeatedly complimenting, "That's a beautiful bow!"
After a few attempts, it was found that the Seventh Prince did not have any reaction.
Xue Yao was not in a position to ask the Seventh Prince about this bow directly.
If it was another prince who had crossed over to his own master and rewarded such an expensive item, not only would the other companion be red in the eyes, but his own master would also have a problem with it.
Moreover, the fact that the guard didn't say which Highness had sent it meant that the person who sent it might also be worried about overstepping his bounds.
Since the person who sent it didn't want it to be known, Xue Yao would be better off pretending that it was a reward from his own Seventh Prince so as not to cause trouble for others.
Following a group of people into the hunting ground, a eunuch came to inform, saying that today, several imperial sons were invited to go to the southeast hunting area together.
The Prince will lead the group himself and teach hunting skills.
This was simply heavenly joy for fanboy Xue Yao, and when he heard the news, he scurried off to the Southeast Hunting Region.
Running feeling missing something, turn your head to see, "abandoned" seventh prince, tooting baby fat face standing in place, as if ten days without milk, aggrieved.
Xue Yao hurriedly ran back to pick up the little chubby cub, and together they threw themselves at the Crown Prince.
As he walked into the hunting area, in the line of people loading and unloading their salutes, Xue Yao saw the guard who had given him the bow in the morning.
Xue Yao was instantly pumped up, keeping an eye on the guard's every move in order to determine which imperial prince's men he actually was.
Shortly after, the squire forwarded the organized package to the other two squires.
Those two attendants ran quickly into the line and finally handed the package to ...... the companion of the fifth prince!
The Fifth Prince?
Xue Yao was very surprised.
This BB five has always been generous and bold, but he is rough by nature, and as a rule, it is not possible to have a good bow specially prepared for him.
Xue Yao thought wildly, recalling how the Fifth Prince had taken extra care of himself over the years, and his eyes gradually became suspicious.
Remember, in the original, the fifth prince had a more distant relationship with his own crown princess, yet he didn't take a side consort either.
Of course it was possible that this was due to the Emperor's bestowal of the marriage, a couple that didn't call too much, and after the wedding and catching up with the Fifth Prince's constant military campaigns, so the couple hadn't been very intimate.
This brought the Fifth Prince a reputation of not being close to beauty, and even, in the military, there were rumors of the Fifth Prince's preference for men.
Xue Yao practically grew up watching this BB steel straight man and naturally took this rumor in the book as a joke.
But at this moment, thinking of the Fifth Prince's extra care for himself ......
"What's all the fuss about?"
The Fifth Prince's clear and domineering voice interrupted Xue Yao's thoughts.
Xue Yao shivered slightly and turned his head to look nervously at the Fifth Prince.
The Fifth Prince raised his left arm and hung it on Xue Yao's shoulder as he dangled it and spoke, "There are ferocious beasts in this hunting area, so you'll have to be careful following me."
"......" Xue Yao stiffened a little.
In the past, he did not feel strange, the fifth prince often hooked up with his own companion, but at this moment, combined with the rumors in the original ......
Xue Yao suddenly felt the bow in his hand was hot!
"I have to watch over His Highness the Seventh Prince!" Xue Yao hurriedly broke away from the Fifth Prince's "embrace" and ran to hide behind the little fat cub!
The Sixth Prince was walking beside the Seventh Prince, and when he saw Xue Yao's tense face, he asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's fine ......" Xue Yao squeezed out a smile, "The Fifth Prince said there are fierce beasts infesting this place, I ......"
The Seventh Prince at his heels stood still, turned around, and stared ferociously at Xue Yao, slowly crushing the cinnamon cake in his hand to show off his strength as he spoke coldly, "Master is here!"
"...... Well," Xue Yao had a cold face, "I'm at ease with Your Highness."
The Sixth Prince let out a light laugh and lowered his eyes to look at the bow in Xue Yao's hand, "Is this bow still competent?"
Xue Yao looked down, "Oh, I haven't tried it yet, it would be a waste for me to use such a good bow."
The Sixth Prince narrowed his lustrous eyes, "Yesterday you were the one who said you were only missing a good bow."
Xue Yao froze, raising his eyes to stare at the Sixth Prince's boyishly handsome face.
Why does that sound like he gave the bow to you?